Plastic Surgery

Plastic Surgery

by Olivia Kim

One in five women in South Korea have had plastic surgery. That’s a lot of people in a world with the population of 7 billion. Around you, you’ll see many people who have improved their body parts by plastic surgery. Plastic surgery is a special surgery that improves or corrects body parts  by going under the knife. The word “plastic” comes from Greek, plastikos, meaning “mold or shape”. Although plastic surgery is believed to boost confidence and make one more attractive, plastic surgery should be limited to correcting natural defects, because it is elitist, addictive, and causes physical damage.

Many have troubles affording to do plastic surgery, because it is very expensive. It is elitist, meaning meaning “only for the rich”. The average cost of abdomen liposuction (surgical procedure that suctions fat from specific areas of body) ranges from approximately  $3000 to $7500. You will have to pay this unreasonable amount of money just to fix your appearance. Also, the surgeons do not give as good quality as you think. The result may not be what you were willing for, and might cause physical damage as well. Plastic surgery is a wasteful and a bad thing to spend your money on.

Not only the cost, but addiction is just as serious. When you see positive results from plastic surgery, you want to fix all and every part of your body, and when you do, you just won’t be you. You should be proud within. For example, Jocelyn Wildenstein was addicted to getting plastic surgery because her husband didn’t think she was attractive anymore, so she spent US$ 4 million on plastic surgery, and at the end, her appearance turned disgusting.

Also, plastic surgery can cause physical damage, which is one of the worst things that could happen during a plastic surgery. Since plastic surgeries are basically cutting, suctioning, or sewing, this can obviously cause blood loss, infection, and swelling. There are possibilities of death in these surgeries also. There are sensitive nerves all over your body, especially your face, so during the surgery, your organs, such as your nose or eyes, might lose it’s function, too. You will be taking a risk.

Plastic surgery is a wasteful, addictive and elitist practice. Those who are able to afford to get plastic surgery will become beautiful; on the outside. Beauty should be recognized in all its forms. Plastic surgery will remove our identity as everyone will look the same. Stop plastic surgery now before we live in a plastic world.